QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY operating QF139 Sydney – Christchurch was around 20 minutes into the flight at 37,000 ft this evening when it turned back to Sydney for a safe landing following a technical issue.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY operating QF43 Sydney – Denpasar was to the north of Birdsville this evening when it turned back to Sydney due to Denpasar airport being closed due to volcanic activity. As a result the return QF44 has been delayed overnight.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY, which has been under maintenance at Sydney since 8th February, returned to service early this morning operating QF933 Sydney – Canberra. The aircraft has been fitted with Wifi.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY operated a Perth – Ginbata Fifo sector as QF1358 early this morning, however it was unable to operate the return QF1359 due to a technical issue. The aircraft was able to position Ginbata – Perth during the afternoon as QF6134.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY operated two extra Brisbane – Canberra rotations today; this morning as QF1305/QF1306 and this afternoon as QF1309/QF1310. Both operated in place of the usual QANTASLink services.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY, which has been under maintenance at Brisbane since 1st March, returned to service this morning operating QF503 Brisbane – Sydney. The aircraft has been reconfigured from 12J/156Y to 12J/162Y.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY operated QF723 Adelaide – Alice Springs this morning, however the return QF722 was cancelled and the aircraft instead positioned back to Adelaide as QF6111. After arrival at Adelaide the aircraft immediately returned to passenger service as QF764 Adelaide – Sydney.

Following the earlier technical issue at Broome, QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY positioned Perth – Broome this afternoon as QF6127 this afternoon in order to operate the delayed QF1051 Broome – Melbourne.

QANTAS Boeing 737-838 VH-VZY positioned Brisbane – Gladstone as QF6100 this morning in order to operate a Gladstone – Brisbane extra as QF1351. The aircraft then positioned Brisbane – Gladstone again as QF6102 to operate a further Gladstone – Brisbane extra as QF1353.